Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-01
AMERICA KEEPS The CUP.
The Yankee Volunteer Again Throws the
Spray on Her Competitor.
SHE WINS THE RACE EASILY
The Omaha Club Plays It's Last Game
and Dies In Defcat-Dcnvcc
Wins Three eStraight--Fierce
Prize Fight.
once More Victorious.

New YORK, Sept. 3O.--The second ATTEMPT
to sail the second race in the two.out-of-three
match for the Americas cup was accom-
plished to-day under circumstances that COM
PEELED the most ultra-Britisher to say the
Thistle was beaten fairly and soundly. The
day did not open propitously. The same old
storm that had been hanging around for two
days was still lingering and bank of fog
still hung over the sea. A start was made,
however, and every one of the
5000 spectators saw as square q race
as was ever sailed in any water.
1t was precisely at 1880 a. IN. that the pre-
paratory signal was given. At that time ex
cursion boats and steam yachts had gath
cred about the line, making a gala-day pict-
ure. When the gun was given to start at
10:40 the Thistle was nearer the line and
went away nearly four lengths ahead of the
Volunteer. The time of the start was:
Thistle, 10:40:2l; Volunteer, 10:40 :509l.
They went over the starboard tack and the
Volunteer began at once to out-point aud
out-foot her opponent The course was
nOrth-nOrtheast for twenty miles to wind
ward and return before the wind. The
weathering qualities of the yachts were
seen at once. The Volunteer out
pointed the cutter by nearly two points and
which shewent to windward. The first tack
of seven miles virtually decided the race the
volunteer beating to the windward of the
Thistle in a way that satisfied all the specta-
tors who knew anything about It that the
American boat would win. The Volunteer
not only Out-pointed her rival but out-feOted
her as well. Tack after tack showed that
the, sloop was heating the cutter. There
could be no mistake about it. The wind at
the start was blowing about twenty miles an
hour. 1t maintained that velocity all the
way out except during a period per
haps OF twenty ar,tI minutes when h,oh It
time tin the the Thist!s people claimed they
were becalmed. Really the Volunteer was
equally afflicted. The yachts rounded the
outer mark: Volunteer, 2:26 40; Thistle, 2:4l.
Both yachts set the spinnaker coming home
rounded. The Thistle was the first to take in
her spinnaker, but the Volunteer followed
suit Immediately. On the run home the wind
let up again, but the American soop crossed
the line a winner by II minutes 4S?l seconds
the correct elapsed time was: Volunteer,
SAP :564; Thistle. 5:54 40. In windward
work the Volunteer beat the Thistle IA min
utes and 4g4 seconds. On the run before the
wind the Thistle beat the Volunteer 2 min
utes and 54l5 seconds.
After the race Mr.. Bell admitted that
the Volunteer, with her centerboard, had
fairly beaten the Thistle in thrashing to
cup committee were Unfair. He fully ex-
pected to win the triangular or third race be.
easily easily beat TIM the sioop i % in running and reach
ing. Mr.. Bell added that the Thistle was for
sale for $4,000 and if purse were offered for
another race she would be entered.
Designer Watson and Captain Barr both
admitted that the Thistle was beaten in
windward work and that the centerboard
had largely helped to do 1t.